Staff Engineer, Diagnostic Development

AI Chopping Block; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equal opportunity employer

Job summary

Tenstorrent, based in Toronto, is seeking engineers for its Diagnostics Development team. You will design and develop diagnostics software to validate and stress ASICs, boards, and AI compute systems while collaborating with firmware, ASIC, hardware, and manufacturing teams to deliver robust solutions.

You will work hands-on, using tools like JTAG and scripts to debug system-level issues, and help evolve diagnostics infrastructure for long-term scalability and efficiency in a hybrid

Qualifications

• Design and implement diagnostics software to validate ASICs, boards, and AI compute systems.
• Collaborate across firmware, hardware, ASIC, and manufacturing to deliver robust diagnostics solutions.
• Debug complex system-level issues using hardware interfaces and internal scripts.

Responsibilities

• Design diagnostics to stress-test SoC hardware and AI compute platforms.
• Lead improvements to diagnostics infrastructure for scalability and reuse.
• Partner with multiple teams to ensure product quality and performance targets.

Skills

Diagnostics development

Hardware debugging

Cross-functional collaboration

System performance testing

Tools

JTAG

Scripting

Job description

Tenstorrent is leading the industry on cutting-edge AI technology, revolutionizing performance expectations, ease of use, and cost efficiency. With AI redefining the computing paradigm, solutions must evolve to unify innovations in software models, compilers, platforms, networking, and semiconductors. Our diverse team of technologists have developed a high performance RISC-V CPU from scratch, and share a passion for AI and a deep desire to build the best AI platform possible. We value collaboration, curiosity, and a commitment to solving hard problems. We are growing our team and looking for contributors of all seniorities.

At Tenstorrent, we're building cutting-edge AI compute solutions. Developing diagnostics programs to validate the functionality and stress the performance of our solutions is a critical part of delivering exceptional products. We are looking for Engineers to join our Diagnostics Development team. These engineers will work closely with our firmware, software, board, ASIC design and verification teams to ensure that the ASICs, boards, and AI compute systems meet the highest standards of quality and performance.

This role ishybrid, based out of Toronto, Canada.

We welcome candidates at various experience levels for this role. During the interview process, candidates will be assessed for the appropriate level, and offers will align with that level, which may differ from the one in this posting.

Who You Are

• You're curious, hands-on, and excited by the challenge of building powerful systems that sit at the intersection of hardware and software.
• You enjoy working close to the metal, whether that’s writing code, debugging hardware, or exploring how systems perform under stress.
• You thrive in collaborative environments and love learning from teammates across disciplines like firmware, ASIC design, and manufacturing.
• You’re motivated by impact and want to contribute to technology that’s shaping the future of AI and computing.

What We Need

• A strong technical contributor who can design and develop diagnostics software to validate and stress-test ASICs, boards, and AI compute systems.
• A collaborator who partners effectively across firmware, hardware, ASIC, and manufacturing teams to deliver robust diagnostics solutions.
• A hands-on problem-solver with the skills to debug complex system-level issues using tools like JTAG, internal scripts, and hardware interfaces.
• A forward-thinker and systems builder who can lead efforts to enhance diagnostics infrastructure for long-term scalability, efficiency, and reuse.

What You Will Learn

• How diagnostics drive the performance, reliability, and success of next-gen AI compute platforms.
• Best practices for bringing up and validating complex SoC hardware in pre-silicon and post-silicon environments.
• How to collaborate with cross-functional teams such as firmware, ASIC, hardware, software, and manufacturing, to build world-class products.
• The impact diagnostics has on product quality, design feedback loops, and high-volume production in a rapidly evolving AI landscape.

Tenstorrent offers a highly competitive compensation package and benefits, and we are an equal opportunity employer.

This offer of employment is contingent upon the applicant being eligible to access U.S. export-controlled technology. Due to U.S. export laws, including those codified in the U.S. Export Administration Regulations (EAR), the Company is required to ensure compliance with these laws when transferring technology to nationals of certain countries (such as EAR Country Groups D:1, E1, and E2). These requirements apply to persons located in the U.S. and all countries outside the U.S. As the position offered will have direct and/or indirect access to information, systems, or technologies subject to these laws, the offer may be contingent upon your citizenship/permanent residency status or ability to obtain prior license approval from the U.S. Commerce Department or applicable federal agency. If employment is not possible due to U.S. export laws, any offer of employment will be rescinded.